Once, when Naipaul's legs give out on the long walk to see the bones of ancestors in Gabon, helpful locals persuade him into a wheelbarrow.
Jackets should be Harrington or Bomber in style and hit the waist, or see if you can persuade him into a shrunken-shape jumper or cardigan - worn with a looser trouser, he'll be in perfect proportion.
If they do persuade him into hospital and he goes willingly, there is no way of keeping him for the psychiatric help he needs or for rehabilitation - he can walk out at any time, and there is something which must be altered in the new legislation.
I must have this, I must have that.'" Brown and the orchestra eventually became so annoyed by Spector's behaviour that the orchestra refused to play any further, and at one point, Brown left for home, forcing Spector to telephone him and persuade him into coming back after Starr had told Spector to calm down.
For example, if you are Atheist or Agnostic, don't try and persuade him into believing God isn't real.
Mr. Cavalieri also contacted Rob Simmons, who at the time represented Connecticut's Second Congressional District, and in a particularly gutsy move called Thomas E. White, then the secretary of the Army, persuading him to look into the case.
He must also have realized that he had a melodramatically self-abnegating prima donna on his hands, and he patiently walked Beckett through the steps necessary for his books to be published in the United States, starting with persuading him to translate them into English himself, which Beckett did only after making a tremendous fuss.
"They're well on the way to persuading him that if he buys into this, he will have a peace process that will bear the Netanyahu signature," Mr. Miller said.
The deliberate devastation of the Elector's lands in Bavaria failed to bring Max Emanuel to battle or persuade him back into the Imperial fold.
This spring Angélica persuaded him to go into detox.
